Pelargonium zonale red

This article is about a wild species found in southern Africa. For cultivated plants known as "zonal pelargoniums" or "zonal geraniums", see Pelargonium § Zonal Pelargoniums.

Pelargonium zonale, known as wildemalva in Afrikaans, is a species of Pelargonium native to southern Africa west of the Cape Province, in the geranium family. It is one of the parents of the widely cultivated plant Pelargonium × hortorum, often called "geranium", "zonal geranium" or "zonal pelargonium".

Pelargonium zonale is an upright or scrambling shrub, normally growing to about 1 m (3 ft) in height. Its stems are succulent, hairy when young and becoming woody with age. The leaves often have a narrow, dark, zigzag "zone" of pigmentation, giving rise to both the scientific and common names. The flowers are borne in an umbel; individual flowers are markedly zygomorphic. The petals are narrow and a bright, deep pink, with reddish lines along the petals' length. Leaves are reniform and petiolate with an average diameter of 5 to 8 cm.

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